Technology News on December 8, 2011

NASA's Voyager 1 set to enter uncharted voids of Milky WayA spacecraft, which has travelled further than any man-made object after a voyage lasting more than 34 years, is on the verge of leaving the Solar System and entering the mysterious region of interstellar space, where nothing terrestrial has gone before, according to NASA scientists. ANI

Virtual avatars help develop real world skillsVirtual worlds can provide youths exclusive environments that can help them learn and negotiate skills which are used in real world settings, like organisational and cognitive skills, a new study has revealed. ANI

How our brain helps us remain focusedScientists have discovered mechanisms that facilitate our brain to focus, by successfully directing only pertinent information to perceptual brain regions, a new study has suggested. ANI

Why we are unlikely to get smarterThe concept of 'supermind' will probably remain a distant dream for us as we have more or less hit the limit on how smart we can get and any augmentation in brain power may cause problems, a new study has suggested. ANI

First realistic 3D model of brain circuit createdMax Planck Florida Institute (MPFI) scientists have created the first realistic three-dimensional diagram of a thalamocortical column in the rodent brain using a conceptually new approach and state-of-the-art research tools. ANI

'Bite' of 'vampire' star capturedBest visuals of a double star system have been captured for the first time, in which the cooler and larger of the two has lost most of its material to its 'vampire' companion, a new study has revealed. ANI